{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38890 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-38890 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-38890 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Connect:Direct Web Services, published on 23 Nov 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-38890 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-38890 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Connect:Direct Web Services, published on 23 Nov 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38890 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: IBM Connect:Direct Web Services. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38890/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38890/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-38890","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38890/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-38890","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-m882-7wv7-pwjj"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"IBM Connect:Direct Web Services","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can brute force credentials due to inadequate account lockout settings in IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"security_feature_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"ibm","cpe":[{"product":"sterling_connect\\","vendor":"ibm"}],"cvss":{"score":5.9,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.0/I:N/S:U/PR:N/AC:H/UI:N/AV:N/A:N/C:H/RL:O/RC:C/E:U","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-307","name":"Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts"}],"description":"IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services 1.0 and 6.0 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 209507.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Security feature bypass in Connect:Direct Web Services","id":"CVE-2021-38890","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"security_feature_bypass","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Weak cryptography in Connect:Direct Web Services","id":"CVE-2021-38891"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Information disclosure in InfoSphere Information Server","id":"CVE-2021-38887"},"products":["Connect:Direct Web Services"],"published":"2021-11-23","related":[{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"IBM Connect:Express for UNIX denial of service","id":"CVE-2023-32331","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-03-04"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Memory corruption in Sterling Connect Direct for Microsoft Windows","id":"CVE-2020-4767","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-10-28"},{"cvss_score":7.2,"headline":"IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX command execution","id":"CVE-2025-36137","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-10-30"},{"cvss_score":6.7,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX","id":"CVE-2018-1903","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-04-10"},{"cvss_score":6.5,"headline":"IBM Sterling Connect:Express for UNIX server-side request forgery","id":"CVE-2023-29260","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-07-19"},{"cvss_score":6.3,"headline":"Multiple vulnerabilities were addressed in IBM Sterling Connect:Express for UNIX.","id":"CVE-2025-36063","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-01-20"},{"cvss_score":6.3,"headline":"Multiple vulnerabilities were addressed in IBM Sterling Connect:Express for UNIX.","id":"CVE-2025-36065","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-01-20"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-17","vendors":["IBM"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can brute force credentials due to inadequate account lockout settings in IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38890/"}